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...billion, an $800 million increase from $88.3 billion at the end of May. The inventory increases largely reflected a buildup of steel stocks in preparation for the strike which showed no signs last week of being settled. Merchants were also prompted by soaring sales. Despite the rise, the ratio of stocks to sales has edged down to the lowest level since...
...super-powered 1.7-liter midget racing car, designed for level, oval tracks, had only one gear, seemed hopelessly outclassed on the looping, hilly mile-and-a-half course. But after his mechanics had lowered his single-gear ratio to get more speed, husky Rodger Ward, 38, needed only the same heavy foot that won him this year's Indianapolis 500 to lead the pack across the finish line in a 150-mile free-formula race at Lime Rock, Conn...
...reason is due to a curious bookkeeping quirk. Superior charges off all drilling costs in one year against overall earnings, rather than amortizing such capital expenses against individual properties over a period of years. By shifting to standard accounting, the net per share would double, and the price-earnings ratio drop to about...
David D. Henry '41, Director of Admissions, felt that the high ratio of acceptances "makes admission chances increasingly remote for students on the waiting list." It is not completely definite, however, whether or not the College will accept any students from this list...
...hour increased only 30%. Thus, every recent wage hike kicked off a steel price boost (see chart). Adams and fellow executives contended that profits are still "inadequate" to support a wage hike. Even at last year's relatively high levels, steel's profits-to-assets ratio ranked 27th among the nation's 41 key industries. The "obvious" solution to wage-push inflation, said Steelman Adams, is to restrict "the growing labor monopoly power, even as other monopoly powers, which have threatened our welfare, have been restricted." Snapped an aroused Dave McDonald: "Baloney...